contact the editor here. Ironically, it sounds a bit like what helped power Scotlands media back in the day, six decades ago. The most interesting is people. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 'The Orchestral Music' in Colin Scott-Sutherland (ed). ' (We reckon Positively Scottish will be one of the first sites in the world to marry solutions journalism with a national/regional USP.). Sorry, listeners. I also pop up across the rest of the schedule if other people are taking holidays. Life path number 2 December 12, 1812 - John Sandfield Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Ontario (d. 1872). Other books include a tourist guidebook to the city of Edinburgh and a multi-volume edition of the musical journalism of Havergal Brian. More funding will mean more journalism, more readers, and more work opportunities. From time to time we send out emails announcing new speakers, special offers and free tickets to our showcase events including Speakers Breakfasts and the JLA Real Variety Show. This ensured that both before and after the 2014 independence referendum, The Herald & Times online forum was a site of impassioned but meaningful debate. Theatre and books were lasting passions, his favourite authors being John Irving, Iain Banks, William Boyd and Ian Rankin. Stig Abell, because he hates organised fun. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Runrig founding member Calum MacDonald believes the band could reform in the future - if the occasion is right. The sports writer has died (at the good age of 85) and the son finds himself like so many others too old/expensive for a legacy print industry which is in spiralling decline, collectively bemused by the digital revolution. Drop by, say hello in the comments and We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. He played cricket and football (he was goalkeeper in the school team), and did stage management in the drama club, an early sign of his talent for organising. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. He championed young journalists both in his senior roles at the Herald & Times and, after leaving the group in 2015, with his new venture, the news website Positively Scottish. Copyright 2023 News Corp UK & Ireland Limited. Its like Avios, but better. As a reporter, Night News Editor, Digital Editor for the Herald & Times group and as Group News Editor the job he loved the most he was an intrinsic part of the newspaper for 25 years. Previously at the BBC, he has interviewed everyone from cabinet ministers to spies and protestors. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. From their very first ceilidh dance way back in 1973 to playing to a crowd of 50,000 fans over a wet weekend in Stirling a year ago, Calum MacDonald He has the - almost - unique experience of being Health Secretary during a pandemic, and not many can claim that (other than Sajid Javid). All the best things that have happened in my career have come entirely out of the blue. Then I do a bit of producing for the next mornings Early Breakfast programme reading, finding guests, getting organised. Despite a newspaper round into his mid-teens, the legal profession, rather than journalism, appeared to be Macdonald's chosen path and he began a law degree at Aberdeen in 1994. You can make a complaint by using the report this post link . One time I slept in and missed Early Breakfast. He came from a line of journalists: his grandfather started a local paper in Buckie while his father, Alastair, was a sports writer at the Press & Journal, specialising in football. Its that kind of ambition to progress, and I think that somewhere like the BBCs really good at opportunities like that as well., When posed with the question of whether radio is in decline, Calum offered a valid counter argument: I think radio is changing, were certainly very aware of that at 5 Live, that now its not just about what youre doing on the radio, its about how youre creating an impact with it, what are you doing online to either match or enhance your onair stuff, so online is a really great way of reaching new people.. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Life path number 9 We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse. Outside of work, Calum Macdonald was a loyal friend and a very proud father. Im very rusty now but when I was young I played at ceilidh dances most weekends around Inverness where I grew up. Yet Calum Macdonald has achieved the seemingly impossible. In 2004, Macdonald instigated a Herald investigation into the prevalence of cash machines in deprived areas charging customers for usage, with the matter then raised in a Commons committee chaired by his old friend John McFall. But how can you not treasure the thing that connects you with your closest family and friends so easily? This reflected his fascination with the English language. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Tell us about your Early Breakfast Club and how to get involved. So it seems entirely proper that Positively Scottish launches thanks to a legacy created by part of my share of his will. The couple separated latterly, but remained close. What inspired you to choose this course ahead of all the others on offer? You can make a complaint by using the report this post link . It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse. Occasionally on the newsdesk and later, his strong opinions led to confrontations with colleagues, but they typically blew over quickly. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. He and Christine ran their own company for a time, producing personalised crosswords. Bed by 9:30pm, get ready to do it all again. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Malcolm MacDonald (also known by the alias "Calum MacDonald") (26 February 1948 - 27 May 2014) was a British author, mainly about music. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. This website is published by Calum loved being at the middle of a breaking story but not, like some reporters, at the scene of the action he preferred to be back in the office, coordinating the coverage, bringing to bear his considerable flair for logistics. This byline is mine, but I want my name removed. Who would be your three Fantasy Dinner Party guests? The not-for-profit website sets out to tell positive stories and Calum was proud to employ many young freelance journalists fresh out of training. He did this alongside tutoring student journalists at Strathclyde University. We are lucky at The Herald. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Introduction Our Mission Our Responsible Media Charter . Theatre and books were lasting passions, his favourite authors being John Irving, Iain Banks, William Boyd and Ian Rankin. All those emotions would be valid if you believe that Scotland has fundamentally changed, and no longer needs the written media it once consumed so voraciously. Journalist and crosswords editor who spent 25 years at The Herald. He was respected and admired by colleagues for his quick intelligence, decisiveness, cool head under pressure and capacity for sheer hard work. So well suited was he to the notoriously high pressure job of news editor that Calum did not find it at all stressful. But getting up at 5am? Variety is a good one as well actually [] Next weeks guest, how are they different to this weeks guest? A crossword buff, not long after joining The Herald, he started setting them. His passing has been felt deeply across Scottish journalism. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Comments Off. Flashback: its 60 years ago, and a keen young journalist, whos getting used to the big city ways of Aberdeen after moving from Buckie, a small port on the north-east of Scotland, wins a national prize for a thesis on the UK fishing industry, submitted as part of his training. CALUM Macdonald, Crosswords Editor and former Group Digital Editor of The Herald has died. He and Christine ran their own company for a time, producing personalised crosswords. Biography [ edit] MacDonald was born in Nairn, Scotland and educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and Downing College, Cambridge. Phil Dunphy from Modern Family because I think were the same person. heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. Presenter | Times Radio Breakfast, Friday-Sunday 6am Event host, writer, podcast host Calum Macdonald was born and brought up in Aberdeen, attending Ashley Road Primary School and Aberdeen Grammar. Their daughter, Mhairi, was born in 1996. It should be free, for maximum access, and run as a not-for-profit, since good, useful journalism ought to be a social value, not just a commercial commodity. Macdonald proved the word had existed for centuries, then called upon an academic to comment, whereupon the Today presenter was described as a "blethering skite". Please come and join Chloe and I for Times Radio Breakfast on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (6am-10am) from 27th May. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. He was respected and admired by colleagues for his quick intelligence, decisiveness, cool head under pressure and capacity for sheer hard work. That was a sickening morning. One time I presented four programmes in two days. They vote with their cursors and shun articles that leave them bored, unfulfilled or even depressed. We are lucky at The Herald. He has also composed a number of works, mainly piano pieces and songs. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to I remember talking to teachers - and about teachers on-air - and referring to them as the forgotten front line during the pandemic. At Glasgow he attained the highest grades in a number of aspects of the law. Starting as a reporter in Glasgow, he soon joined the newsdesk, moving on to be Night News Editor. Because of the lockdown-rule-busting affair he had last year. A Gannett Company. Presented with images of the incident and informed he was being recorded, the former Labour peer answered: "I can't say that that's me. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. He came from a line of journalists: his grandfather started a local paper in Buckie while his father, Alastair, was a sports writer at the Press & Journal, specialising in football. I was being myself, I was doing what I loved and that made all the difference. He was always clear in his opinions and priorities, and reporters appreciated his straight answers when offering story suggestions. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com. Log In or Sign Up Calum MacDonald See Photos Calum MacDonald See Photos Calum MacDonald See Photos Calum MacDonald See Photos Calum Macdonald See Photos Calum Macdonald After graduating in 1983, he was accepted onto the Thomson Regional Newspaper trainee scheme, at the end of which he was described as a confident young man of ability and good humour who would be an asset to any news team. Theres less demand in England so its been a quieter few years on the ceilidh front. Calum Macdonald Journalist; Born April 6 1976; Died October 2 2008. Following year: presented a news programme, entered the student radio awards, and won. Its awesome. In 1990, the confident young man of ability was encouraged to apply to The Herald by the papers then education correspondent, Barclay McBain (now executive editor), who had met him during a press trip to West Germany. How do you say Calum MacDonald (journalist)? I think it can be a subconscious Im listening and doing other stuff; I think with things like YouTube you need to actively sit and concentrate Good luck watching a YouTube video not falling off your bike. Nothing everything happens when you want it to and it never happens when you expect it to. Calum Macdonald was born and brought up in Aberdeen, attending Ashley Road Primary School and Aberdeen Grammar. Hes had more exclusives than Ive had school dinners. I finish the programme at 6am. He joined the station from its launch and now presents the breakfast show, as well as programmes across the network. That allows the site to be funded through its proof-of-concept phase, with a view to attracting external finance and eventually becoming self-sustaining. Merry Christmas! These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. In the November edition of the Politics of Sound, Iain Carnegie invites political journalist and presenter of the Early Morning Breakfast Show on Times Radio, Calum MacDonald to pay his own visit to the Politics of Sound virtual Record Shop to select his three all-time favourite albums. He was always clear in his opinions and priorities, and reporters appreciated his straight answers when offering story suggestions. His most recent venture, Positively Scottish, grew out of a desire to counter what he felt was a disappointing excess of negativity in Scottish news journalism. Calum has achieved a lot in the short time he has been in the professional world, but he started young. And why? He has hosted events for News UK, including a live broadcast afternoon interviewing Piers Morgan and Sharon Osborne around the launch of TalkTV. 'Words and Music in Late Shostakovich' in C. Norris (ed). The task came easily to him and he became a regular compiler and then crosswords editor for The Herald, Sunday Herald and The National, as well as editing two books of crosswords; he continued editing crosswords on a freelance basis after leaving the paper. I am LIVE on the radio from my actual HOME in the Western Isles this morning 7am-10am on Times Radio! The full weekend schedule announced yesterday includes, on Saturday mornings, Times columnist and critic Hugo Rifkind, winner of both 'Critic of the Year' and the 'Best of Humour Award' at the Press Awards. The two things that mattered most to Calum were Mhairi and protecting the future of quality journalism. Information is stored in a database in order to service your enquiry, but are deleted once it is no longer required. About News UK. This reflected his fascination with the English language. Comments have been closed on this article. Retaining a grip on his exclusive story, the reporter duly advised the anxious members of the press pack outside that they could find out what happened by buying the next day's Record. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. Its also fairly obvious that, in a digital universe, the time lag has got shorter: if the gap was once five years, its now probably down to one, or less. The one bit advice that really used to annoy me was to be myself, and I used to hate that. Your email address will not be published. My phone. 1,157 likes. News UK & Ireland Ltd1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GFUnited Kingdom. CALUM Macdonald is hoping to work for BBC radio after graduating from the University of Edinburgh next year. I think as well, enjoying it, if it feels like a total task and youre just having to drag yourself through your programme every week, if thats not enjoyable then sack it and do something that you actually want to do. All rights reserved. I get into work at 4am. Life path number 6 November 17, 1765 - Jacques MacDonald, French general (d. 1840). Please list all speakers/performers in whom you are interested, plus budget, venue and event dates. Contact Calum, search articles and Tweets, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. HP10 9TY. The journalist who had a 25-year career at The Herald before setting up his own news. Menu. Calum MacDonald Profiles | Facebook People named Calum MacDonald Find your friends on Facebook Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. More recently, his involvement in an investigation exposing the immigration scams behind bogus colleges helped force a tightening of legislation by Westminster. Digital native 50-something (deal with the oxymoron). And on the News team, we were really ambitious, I mean we were doing programmes that rival professional media organisations. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. Tell us something not many people know about you? And still a pencil lover. He championed young journalists both in his senior roles at the Herald & Times and, after leaving the group in 2015, with his new venture, the news website Positively Scottish. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Its the heyday of Scottish journalism, and the young sports writer is in his element. Since the print business model is all but doomed, it has to be online only, which also means it can easily reach readers in all parts of Scotland, and the vast Scottish diaspora who still cherish news of their homeland. It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse. The Cello Sonata and its Context' (, 'Statements and Connotations: Copland the Symphonist' (, This page was last edited on 19 May 2022, at 15:43. So, it can be anywhere. Father and daughter would always go together at midnight the day the latest instalment was released, to buy their copy. Assuming I dont sleep through my alarm, I wake up at 3:10am. Calum covers the news on the Times Radio breakfast show. The not-for-profit organisation's founding directors include Calum Macdonald, aged 54 and a half, a former digital editor of the . I prep the programme. The two things that mattered most to Calum were Mhairi and protecting the future of quality journalism. So well suited was he to the notoriously high pressure job of news editor that Calum did not find it at all stressful. Edit Now. MALCOLM "Calum" Macdonald, who has died of cancer aged 32, was a journalist of immense esteem, integrity and ability whose. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. CALUM Macdonald, who has died aged 55, was a journalist and crosswords editor who spent most of his career at The Herald. But it needs start-up funding: Even before the dementia kicked in, Dad was too old school to understand digital. CALUM Macdonald, who has died aged 55, was a journalist and crosswords editor who spent most of his career at The Herald. Titles are closing, remaining circulations are collapsing by around 10% every year, staff numbers are being slashed, and the only responses are widespread rationalisation, centralisation, and so-called synergies which logically can prolong the industry for only a finite time before it disappears into oblivion. Editors' Code of Practice. Whats the most interesting/challenging part of your job? Malcolm MacDonald (also known by the alias "Calum MacDonald") (26 February 1948 - 27 May 2014) was a British author, mainly about music. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can To get involved, you need to listen to Early Breakfast and get in touch either live or on-demand. But within a year he had switched to literature, attaining an honours degree. He lived in England from 1971 until his death, first in London and from 1992 in Gloucestershire. One presenter once told me the day you dont get nervous is the day you should quit, because youve stopped caring enough about the programme. I cant believe someone designed this as an actual career. Politics of Sound #21 Calum MacDonald, Presenter, Times Radio. In the two years leading up to the trial of multiple killer Angus Sinclair, he had secured interviews with the accused's wife and officers involved in the initial investigations into the murders in Edinburgh of Helen Scott and Christine Eadie 30 years ago, as well as exclusive pictures of Sinclair's first victim in the early 1960s. What course are you studying? I love speaking to people. Presenter | Times Radio Breakfast, Friday-Sunday 6am Event host, writer, podcast host Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. His inquisitive, journalistic nature makes him a brilliant interviewer and host, keeping any audience engaged. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. This article is about the British music critic and author. I get up exceptionally early (3:10am), present Early Breakfast to get you briefed on the mornings news, business and sport headlines. Well, theres no shortage of talented journalists out there, including the hundreds of youngsters who complete university degree training every year and whose only viable career path seems now to lie in PR. So living the dream is definitely up there as an answer to this. Crosswords, I hear you. While inside, the gangster - still clearly alive - dropped his trousers to show he had not been stabbed or shot. heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. Wholl write the articles? Terms & Conditions | Cookies | Contact Us. He contributed chapters to symposia on Brahms, Alan Bush, Erik Bergman, Shostakovich, Bernard Stevens, Ronald Stevenson, Varse, an essay on Czesaw Marek to a symposium on Swiss Composers, and another on Scottish composers to a symposium on musical nationalism in Great Britain and Finland. FreshAirs always done something which is really impressive and had a really varied schedule. See something missing? A Gannett Company. Hes a journalist and broadcaster, and hes the best one I know. And still lavish profits for the owners. He's covered programmes on Afghanistan, the death of the Duke of Edinburgh and has interviewed interesting people from all walks of life including cabinet ministers and senior politicians, spies, war reporters and protestors. In just eight years, his charm and persistence combined to produce some of the best remembered stories in the Evening Times, Daily Record and The Herald since the turn of the decade. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories. How to respond? Itll start small, as an online magazine with a guarantee of at least one new story six days a week. Having been on both sides of the conversation, Calum had plenty of advice for Edinburgh students looking to break into the world of radio. He played cricket and football (he was goalkeeper in the school team), and did stage management in the drama club, an early sign of his talent for organising. CALUM Macdonald, who has died aged 55, was a journalist and crosswords editor who spent most of his career at The Herald. The couple separated latterly, but remained close. As Group Digital Editor for four years, he brought strict standards of courtesy and fairness to the online forum, never shrinking from enforcing them but always taking the time to explain to users who had infringed the rules, why their behaviour was unacceptable. Calum, the eldest of three, had a flair for English at secondary school. Calum, the eldest of three, had a flair for English at secondary school. Its beginning to feel a bit like Christmas, Thanks Boris, youve replaced Covid restrictions with crippling guilt. In the November edition of the Politics of Sound, Iain Carnegie invites political journalist and presenter of the Early Morning Breakfast Show on Times Radio, Calum MacDonald to pay his own visit to the Politics of Sound virtual Record Shop to select his three all-time favourite albums. Calum emerges with an brilliant selection by Taylor Swift, Jason Isbell and Del Amitri and reveals how his . Wine, sure. But if you think that Scots still treasure information, care about our community (at home and abroad), and value a shared national identity which has coped with political and financial earthquakes, maybe theres another approach. He wrote several books, notably volumes on Brahms, Schoenberg, John Foulds, Edgard Varse, the Scottish composer-pianist Ronald Stevenson[2] and a three-volume study of the 32 symphonies of Havergal Brian. I think have patience, work hard, and itll happen when it happens. He fostered in Mhairi a love of books, encouraging her by reading the first Harry Potter book to her. He fostered in Mhairi a love of books, encouraging her by reading the first Harry Potter book to her. Atishoo! Although he secured a scholarship with leading practice McGrigors, where he was told he was unlikely to surpass the ramifications of his World's End coverage in his legal career, he maintained a desire to work for the Crown. I wanted you to be the first to know about my new, free podcast called Whitehall Sources.I'm so grateful for your subscribing to get my written work here. Matt Chorley brought me, gently, to justice. We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. It's not conclusive." Hes old school with a modern twist, and I think thats inspiring. There are 100+ professionals named "Calum Macdonald", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Previously at the BBC, he has interviewed everyone from cabinet ministers to spies and protestors. The very last book came out during a family holiday in Portmahomack; on that occasion, Calum and Mhairi drove to a small bookshop in Tain to collect it. A slightly different piece in your inbox this morning. As Group Digital Editor for four years, he brought strict standards of courtesy and fairness to the online forum, never shrinking from enforcing them but always taking the time to explain to users who had infringed the rules, why their behaviour was unacceptable. But give them a chance to engage with an uplifting story, to be inspired by an ordinary persons solution to a problem, and theyll both read and share it. And, crucially, wholl pay for the project? inaccuracy or intrusion, then please After graduating in 1983, he was accepted onto the Thomson Regional Newspaper trainee scheme, at the end of which he was described as a confident young man of ability and good humour who would be an asset to any news team. Whats the best thing about working on Times Radio? HP10 9TY. VAT number GB 243 8054 69. Not forgotten, so much as disregarded. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Student media thrives at Edinburgh, and he believes that his time here contributed to his success so far. Keeping any audience engaged did not find it at all stressful reporter in Glasgow, he setting. This alongside tutoring student journalists at Strathclyde University show, as an answer this... 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